The liberal arts college, located
in Staten Island, New York, is being honored today at the American Council on
Education's annual meeting in Washington, D. The major educational goal stemming
from this relevance-based approach is to begin college-level development of
critical thinking and civic thinking skills, together with communication

skills and exposure to diversity issues that are necessary for responsible
citizenry and civic engagement in the local and global community.

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In their article "Wage Distortion," Hoxby and Leigh point out that
salary distribution for public school teachers has narrowed so
dramatically that those with the highest aptitude can expect to earn
no more than those with the lowest. United States Military Academy, University of Nebraska and University of
Wisconsin System Awarded Certificates of Excellence

WASHINGTON, TIAA-CREF, the financial services
group of companies and leading provider of retirement savings in the academic,
research, medical and cultural fields , today announced Wagner College as the
winner of the 2005 Theodore M.
The award established in 1993 by TIAA-CREF and is administered by the
TIAA-CREF Institute.tiaa-cref.edu

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-- Peer Review Teaching Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(Lincoln, NE) that engages faculty in investigating how course
structures, teaching techniques and assessment strategies enhance or
detract from student learning.

TIAAA-CREF Contact:
Katherine Miller
TIAA-CREF
202-637-8949
kamiller@tiaa-cref .

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-- Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program at the University of
Wisconsin System (Madison, WI) targeting two groups: early career/non-
tenured faculty and later career faculty leaders.

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Wage Compression Driving Top Women Graduates Away from Teaching; Hoover Institution 's Education Next Presents New Research on Decline in Teacher Quality

From the colleges attended by the teachers, Hoxby and
Leigh were able to estimate the teachers' aptitude and get a direct
measure of the extent to which teachers were being trained at more- or
less-selective colleges."
"We are honored to be recognized for the uniqueness and success of our
First Year Program," said Wagner President Richard Guarasci."

First Year Program
First implemented in 1998, the purpose of the First Year Program is to
make higher education relevant to students -- to give them a personal reason
to learn -- by involving them in community-based experiences linked to the
lecture topics , as well as providing venues for discussion, reflection,
connection-making, and critical thinking .

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Union-driven pay compression, however, has had a far greater impact.S.

About TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF is a national financial services group of companies and the
leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and
cultural fields.

This category lists academic and research resources for the study of the human condition, excluding the physical sciences.

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Caroline Hoxby is a professor of economics at Harvard University,
a member of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12
Education , and the director of the Economics Program at the National
Bureau of Economic Research.
The TIAA-CREF Institute, part of TIAA-CREF, fosters and conducts objective
research, builds knowledge , demonstrates and supports thought leadership, and
enhances understanding of strategic issues that impact higher education.

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Wagner College Wins TIAA-CREF's Distinguished Hesburgh Award

The Hesburgh Award is named in honor of
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The surveys contained information on the
college, first occupation , and the first three years' earnings of
female teachers.educationnext.

Education Next is a scholarly journal published by the Hoover
Institution that is committed to looking at hard facts about school
reform.

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Hesburgh Certificates of
Excellence for meritorious faculty development programs .

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In all likelihood, that would attract
male teachers of higher aptitude as well. Fordham Foundation , and
the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

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Conventional wisdom has long held that new professional
opportunities have drawn the most highly qualified women away from
teaching over the past 40 years .
Wagner College's innovative First Year Program is designed to give
students a personal reason to learn by involving them in the community through
a combination of experiential, field-based learning and traditional classroom
study. Each of the program's
faculty attends monthly meetings, workshops and an annual First-Year Program
faculty retreat.

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Andrew Leigh is an economist in the
Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National
University. "By giving
students a personal reason to learn through involvement in community-based
experiences we hope to facilitate critical thinking and communication skills
that are necessary for responsible citizenry and civic engagement in the local
and global community.

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"The TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award is one of the most significant ways we
underscore the value of faculty development to enhance student learning,"
notes Madeleine d'Ambrosio, TIAA-CREF Institute executive director.
This fall, the First Year Program involves 44 tenure-track faculty members
of the 97 tenure-track faculty employed by the college.

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----New research
published in the spring issue of Hoover Institution's Education Next
explains why top women graduates aren't becoming teachers -- and it's
not the reason you think.
Hoxby and Leigh found that salary parity with men has also lured
college-educated women away from teaching and into other professions . Other sponsoring institutions are the Harvard Program on
Education Policy and Governance, the Thomas B.

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Whereas other professions have been raising the reward for performance
over the past few decades , teaching has given its best candidates no
such incentive to sign on.C.

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"We suspect that this trend has exacerbated the degree to which
pay compression has pushed high-aptitude people out of teaching,"
Hoxby and Leigh write.

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-- Master Teacher Program at the United States Military Academy (West
Point, NY) which includes a series of monthly seminar meetings to
relate the pedagogical theory and principles under discussion to
participants' classroom discussion.

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This alone accounts for more than
three-quarters of the decline in teacher quality.
Hoxby and Leigh offer this bit of advice to those who wish to turn
the tide on this trend: "To attract high-aptitude women back into
teaching, school districts need to reward teachers in the same way
that college graduates are paid in other professions -- that is,
according to their performance. for their First Year Program,
which is designed to enhance the student experience by involving them in the
local community.
"For more than 85 years, TIAA-CREF has been committed to helping foster
innovation in the academic and research communities, Wagner 's success
continues that tradition. "We are
proud to play a role in supporting and applauding work that demonstrates
creativity and effectiveness in this area. Further information can be found at
http://www.

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Far more significant is the
pay compression that has occurred within teaching since the
1960s -- brought about by the introduction of collective bargaining."

"Wage Distortion " can be read in its entirety in the spring issue
of Education Next online at www.org

Wagner Contact:
Kevin Davitt
Communications Director
718 420-4082
kdavitt@wagner .

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Economists Caroline Hoxby of Harvard
University and Andrew Leigh of Australian National University ,
however, say that's not the whole picture. With more than $345 billion in combined assets under
management (12/31/04), TIAA-CREF ranks 68th on Fortune magazine's list of
largest companies (April 2004).

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, president emeritus of the University of
Notre Dame.

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Hesburgh Award, which recognizes innovative
undergraduate faculty development programs. Theodore M.
"Wagner College's First Year Program is an excellent example of how
universities and colleges can help create the next generation of responsible
global citizens," said Herbert M.

TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Certificates of Excellence Winners
In addition to the TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award winner, three institutions
were selected to receive TIAA-CREF Theodore M.

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The researchers drew on data from several federal government
surveys administered to beginning teachers from the early 1960s
through the late 1990s. It recognizes faculty development programs that enhance
undergraduate teaching and learning.C., chief executive of TIAA-CREF.org .